Justice Abdulazeez Anka of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the prison remand of a former Manager of the Oyingbo, Ebute Meta branch of Diamond Bank Plc, Chinedu Oguike, over an alleged fraud of N24m. The judge ordered Oguike’s prison remand shortly after he was arraigned on …

Serie A new boys Cagliari are hoping to lure out-of-contract veteran striker Emmanuel Adebayor to the club, reports said Monday. Adebayor is without a club after scoring just one goal for Crystal Palace in a six-month spell in the Premier League last season. Cagliari have been targeting Atalanta striker Marco …

Two people were killed and as many as 16 others were injured after a person opened fire during an event geared toward teenagers at Club Blu in Fort Myers, Florida. Police first responded to the scene at 12:30 a.m. Monday where “officers located several victims suffering from gunshots wounds,” according …

An official news agency says China has unveiled the world’s largest amphibious aircraft that Beijing plans to use for marine missions and fighting forest fires. The Xinhua News Agency said the AG600 rolled off a production line in Zhuhai in southern China on Saturday. It measures 37 meters (121 feet) …

A 26 years old fake doctor, Akilapa Johnson has been arrested by Oyo State Police command for procuring a life threatening abortion for 23 years old Barakat in Ibadan. The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade disclosed this ‎while parading Johnson along with 14 other suspects at the command’s …

Yahoo agreed to sell its core assets to telecom giant Verizon for $4.8 billion, ending a 20-year run by the internet pioneer as an independent company, the firms announced Monday. Verizon chief executive Lowell McAdam said Yahoo would be integrated into its recently acquired AOL unit to create “a top …

A man convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl was publicly hung at a bus terminal in western Iran on Monday, a report said. The man was sentenced to death having been found guilty of raping and killing the girl before hiding her body under a highway bridge in May. The …

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting behind closed doors with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo, decked in a blue agbada and cap to match, arrived the Presidential Villa, Abuja for the meeting at about 12.54pm. He was driven to the forecourt of the President’s office in a black Sports Utility …

Sam Allardyce on Monday said he was “very proud” to be named England manager and felt confident that he “fitted the chair”. The 61-year-old Englishman — who succeeds Roy Hodgson, who stepped down after England lost to minnows Iceland in the last 16 of Euro 2016 — refused to confirm …

Francis Taiwo, a Celestial Church of Christ pastor who starved and kept his nine-year-old son in chains for months, has been arrested. The 40-year-old pastor was apprehended by the police from the Onipanu division on Sunday at his church – CCC, Key of Joy Parish – in Ajibawo, Atan, in …